About 1,000 campers showed up at Drake Stadium for Reggie's Sleepout on Saturday night. The 120 teams participating have raised $113,000 so far.

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About 1,000 campers showed up to sleep on the Drake Stadium football field Saturday night to raise both money and awareness for Iowa's homeless.

For some, the annual Reggie's Sleepout event is far from their only effort for the homeless. A group of Des Moines University medical school students built on the field a model of their Homeless Camp Outreach club's mobile health clinic.

"Highlighting the homeless community is really important," said Nisha Fahey, a second-year medical student. "We need to go to them to meet their needs." ...